Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Mayor Pete’s Woke Intolerance
In 2015, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg voiced a moral disagreement with Mike Pence, then governor of…
Father Martin Corrects Cardinal Tobin
In an April 17, 2019, interview on the Today Show, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark,…
Immigration: An Exchange
In “Immigration Idealism,” Matthew Schmitz argues plausibly that Christian views on immigration are distorted by the same…
Benedict and His Critics
Pope Francis is happy with Benedict XVI’s profound analysis of the reasons behind the abuse crisis in…
The Next America
Nearly a decade ago, Archbishop Charles Chaput warned religious believers to prepare for the “Next America.” He predicted that…
Lessons from Father Schall
When Fr. James V. Schall (January 20, 1928–April 17, 2019) retired from teaching political philosophy at Georgetown…
The Ratzinger Diagnosis
Published a week short of his 92nd birthday, Joseph Ratzinger’s essay on the epidemiology of the clergy…
Israel Folau, Unlikely Martyr
Americans, being somewhat exceptional in their sports (as in much else), may be unaware of the controversy…
Earth Day and Easter
Jay Inslee is running for president to save the planet from climate change. Most of you probably…
The Devout and the Nones
According to new data from the General Social Survey, America is increasingly divided between the very religious…
A Proposal for Persuasion
This essay is a response to “Against the Dead Consensus.” The philosophical premise of “Against the Dead…
Heaven is Real
During Holy Week I sometimes think of the Woman in the Bus. The bus in question went…
9/11 in France
This interview with Rémi Brague, conducted by Jérôme Cordelier, was originally published in the French weekly Le Point.…
Fire in the Cathedral
It doesn’t matter how the fire started. The cause of such disasters is always sin. Perhaps it…
The Easter Effect Today
Some two millennia ago, a ragtag bunch of nobodies learned what their tortured and executed friend, the…
